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"I had no idea they were doing it," Daniels said. "After one of (the golfers) put it on Facebook, then it got sent to me.

"I've been around a long time and I think this is a case of young people who just don't think beyond the moment and don't realize who they're hurting."

Daniels said the team took another picture, clothed, before they decided to go with the one that got them in trouble.

"Until someone sat them down and explained that they did something wrong, they didn't have any idea," Daniels said. "But I think they understand now."

The Swedes will miss tournaments on Sept. 12 and 13, when Daniels planned to send split squads to the Evangel Tournament in Springfield, Mo., and the Central Christian Tournament in McPherson. They'll also miss the Oklahoma Baptist Tournament on Sept. 19 at Shawnee, Okla.

Team captain Jack Hiscock told KAKE News that the team would appeal the suspension to the school's president, Dr. Edward F. Leonard III.

Bethany has won 11 of the last 15 KCAC championships and competes in the NAIA.

"It put me in a bad spot as the athletic director and the golf coach, and it put the reputation of the program in a bad spot," Daniels said. "This is a scholar-athlete team, a team that always wins and is nationally ranked... but something like this makes all of that forgotten."